After Jon's tragic death, Mark played on Comfort In Sound and joined the band for the Portsmouth
warm-up gig and the Carling Festival gigs, after being a longtime friend of the band (he was in
b.l.o.w and Skunk Anansie both of whom Feeder supported). He became an official member of
the band soon after.

In April 2009 Mark and Feeder parted ways. Mark has returned to play with Skunk Anansie.

Has anyone else been in Feeder?

During the tour promoting Yesterday Went Too Soon, Feeder were joined by Dean
Tidey (28/11/1970), a (left-handed) guitarist from the band Sandstone
Veterans and, formerly Velvet
Jones. Dean also reappeared for the Carling Festival shows in 2002 and has
been their touring guitarist ever since! Many fans consider him as a member of the band, although it's never been made "official".

During the tour promoting Echo Park, Feeder were joined by Matt Sime (02/12/??) - who has
engineered a number of their albums - to play keyboards/synth. Matt also appeared for the Carling
Festival shows in 2002. He is the voice at the beginning of Echo Park.

For the tour of Australia in 2000, Jon was temporarily replaced by Mark Bullock (ex Cay drummer)
whilst he was getting married. Mark also returned for the TOTP performance of Just A Day in late 2001.

An additional guitarist (currently unknown!) joined Feeder for their performance of Insomnia on Top Of The Pops.

In May 2008 Feeder were joined by Dean Deavall (nicknamed CC) - of Casino, who share the same manager as Feeder - on keyboards and backing vocals.

Since Mark Richardson left the band in 2009, at least three different drummers have lent their talents. Karl Brazil - who has drummed for many artists including Robbie Williams, James Blunt and Ben's Brother - has been the band's primary live drummer. His name was listed in the Renegades project, alongside Grant's and Taka's. Tim Trotter - of Mexicolas - and Damon Wilson have also played drums at various points in the last two years.

Does xxx have a girlfriend / wife?

As far as I'm concerned, the bands private lives should be kept private so I won't go into many
details here .....

Grant has a long term girlfriend and two children.

Taka has a long term girlfriend and three children.

Mark has a long term girlfriend and a child from a previous relationship.

What about Jon Lee?

On Monday 7th January 2002, Jon Lee took his own life at his home in Miami. He was married with a
stepson and son at the time. His third child was born not long after his death. A public funeral was
held on the 18th, with around 700 turning up. Tributes from his wife, Grant and Matt Page can be seen
here.

What happened with Mark Richardson?

Feederweb released the following statement:

"Feeder have decided to end their partnership with Mark Richardson after seven years.
We wish Mark every success in the future. Mark would like to express his gratitude to the band and
especially to all the fans who made the experience so enjoyable."

Mark posted the following on a message board:

There are not many certainties in life. Death, taxes... and change. Grant has made a decision
that he thinks is in the best interest of Feeder. That is his perogative. Accept it and let's all get
on with our lives. If you want to email me, feel free. Thank you to all of you that made the gigs so
amazing, the hardcore Feeder posse, it was a pleasure to perform for you all. See you down the front!
All of the bands that you love and support need you there, going nuts!! Here's to the next chapter...

What equipment do they use?

Feeder use:

Yamaha drums and hardware

Zildjian sticks and cymbals

Aquarian drum heads

Silclear Quickstick

Buttkicker

The London Drum Company

Combat, Fender and Gibson guitars

Ernie Ball & Elite strings

Mesa Boogie

Orange

Forstex

Logic

Line Six

Digi Design

When are they doing a tour?

Where can I get more information on the band?

There are many fansites on the Internet. A list of the best ones can be found on The Feeder
Anorak here. Most fansites have
links, where you might find other sites. The Feeder Wikipedia article is also worth checking out.

Visiting one of the message boards is also a good way of getting questions answered.

Can I contact the band?

They used to have addresses to which they responded (e.g. grant@feederweb.com) but do not anymore
due to the volume of messages. Feeder usually do a large amount of interviews and publicity and
there have been a number of webchats where fans have provided questions so far. To ask Feeder
questions, e-mail info@feederweb.com.

Do Feeder have a record deal in America?

Feeder have had record deals in the past in America (with Elektra), but their last deal, with
Universal, expired after Comfort In Sound so at the moment they don't have a deal. This
probably explains why Pushing The Senses and Silent Cry have yet to be released there, and why there are no current
plans for a US tour.

Did Feeder have any other names before Feeder?

Yes, before they settled on Feeder, they went through "Hum", "Real" and "Reel".

What other bands have the members been in?

Grant has been in many bands, such as Multi-Story, Raindancer, Temper Temper,
Shrinking Violets and Velveteen. Only Multi-Story actually released anything - an album called
Through Your Eyes. Grant said he needed the money! Heh.

Mark has been in Little Angels, b.l.o.w, Skunk Anansie and Sunna. He's done
session drumming for various artists and bands including Alistair Cowan, ManOrMouse? (also featuring Dean Tidey),
The Crave and iMMA. He's also played drums for Globus.

Two videos released by Feederweb in 2007 contained music by Funkybottom - an
alias of Taka's.

Taka and Dean (Tidey) have both contributed to Matt Sime's Moozak.

Have Feeder won any awards?

They have won the following :

2001 Kerrang Award - Best British Live Act

2003 Kerrang Award - Best British Band

2005 Pop Factory Award - Best Album (Pushing The Senses)

Where can I see interviews with the band?

The Feeder Scrapbook has an extensive collection of interviews and articles related to Feeder, dating back to 1995.

Are there any imports that I can get?

Is there a fish on every single release?

Supposedly yes ... but I've yet to find them on some releases.

Who did the artwork?

Swim
The sleeve concept was designed by Grant Nicholas with Design & Realisation by Jeremy Plumb &
Jacqui Edwards @ Sonicon. Front & Back cover photographs were by Andrew Cameron and the colour band
photo was by Robert Wyatt. All of the black & white photos were by Grant Nicholas.

Polythene
The sleeve concept was by Jeremy Plumb and Grant Nicholas. Designed by Jeremy Plumb @ sonicon.
Photography by Alan David. Studio shots by Scarlet Page and street shots by Dan McLewin.

When this album was re-issued, it had extra still life photography by Andrew Cameron and
Grant Nicholas, with the skydiver image coming from Getty images.

Yesterday Went Too Soon
Photography was done by Rick Guest and the concept and art direction was by Intro, London. Intro
later worked on the video for Just The Way I'm Feeling.

Echo Park
Art direction was by Blue Source and the illustrations were by Roy Wilkinson.

The Singles
The photographs in The Singles were taken by Candida Bhoopongsa, Lawrence Watson, Ross Halfin, Rick
Guest, Tom Sheehan, Kevin Bell and Pat Pope.

Have they had any number 1's?

Only in South Africa and the United Arab Emirates with "Seven Days In The Sun", but unfortunately
not much is known about these.

What chart positions have they achieved?

For an excellent run down of Feeder's chart history to date, check out this page.

When will they release a live DVD?

No definite plans for this at the moment but it's been heavily rumoured for years!

When will they release a DVD with all their videos on?

The Singles CD+DVD was released in May 2006. The DVD contains all the (UK) Feeder videos recorded up to that date.

Who's the girl on the cover of the Yesterday Went Too Soon album?

Here's what Grant and Taka had to say about it in a webchat around the time of Buck Rogers :

Taka: She was a friend of someone working for the art company.

Grant: The art company did Yesterday Went Too Soon campaign. She was the cousin of the secretary
and she had a very unusual personality which is why she was picked.

Grant: Because that photo shoot was like making a film. Very intense.

Where can I get their videos?

When The Singles was released there was a special edition which included a
DVD of twenty six of Feeder's videos. This DVD is probably the best way to see
most of Feeder's videos easily! However, in alphabetical order, here are all
the various official Feeder videos that have appeared on releases...

Bitter Glass (The Depot Sessions)
Pushing The Senses (CD+DVD Edition)

Buck Rogers
Buck Rogers CD2
The Singles (CD+DVD Edition)

Buck Rogers (Live @ Reading 2001)
Comfort In Sound (CD+DVD Edition)

Cement
High CD1
Swim Resurfaced
The Singles (CD+DVD Edition)

Come Back Around
Come Back Around CD2
Come Back Around DVD
Comfort In Sound (CD+DVD Edition)
The Singles (CD+DVD Edition)

Comfort In Sound
Comfort In Sound Tour Edition Single
The Singles (CD+DVD Edition)

Crash
High CD2
Swim Re-Surfaced
The Singles (CD+DVD Edition)

Day In Day Out
Yesterday Went Too Soon Double Album (UK)
Yesterday Went Too Soon Album (Australia)
The Singles (CD+DVD Edition)

High (US Version) hasn't featured on any CD yet, but is available on promo
videos (if you can find them) and possibly online streams! Videos from PTS can
also be found on promo DVDs as well as VHS.

We Are The People, Tracing Lines and Into The Blue all have not featured on any CD yet. They are
however available for download.

Who are the girls in the Come Back Around video?

The video was the first following Jon's death and so was a sort of tribute to him. He often
complained that there were no girls in their videos, so they included four. The drumming was shot in
slow motion in order to make it almost perfect with each of the four drummers. However the underlying
message in the video was that no matter how many drummers they had, no matter how perfectly they hit
each note, they would never be the same as Jon.

Who are the people in the Just A Day video?

They're fans. Feederweb ran a competition for fans to send in their videos
of them performing to Just A Day. The favourites were then made into the video
for the single. A couple of the people in the video used to post on the message
boards. The toddler in the video is said to be the son of someone who works
for Feeder.

What song are they playing in the Find The Colour video?

They're playing Godzilla. The reason given for this was because Godzilla created a more dynamic
performance from the band. It's widely rumoured that the band did not want to release Find The Colour as a single,
and would rather have released Comfort In Sound instead.

Have they made any b-sides?

Have they done any cover versions?

Can't Stand Losing You (originally by The Police) which can be found on Just A Day CD1.

The Power Of Love (originally by Frankie Goes To Hollywood) for NME's War Child album, 1
LOVE.

Everybody Hurts (originally by REM) for Warchild which was available as a download only
from Warchild's website.

So Lonely (originally by The Police) which was performed acoustically on Dermot O'Leary's
Radio 2 show in April 2005.

Beautiful Boy (originally by John Lennon) for Q's John Lennon: Covered album.

Breed (originally by Nirvana). They played this live as the closer for each of
their Warchild gigs in November 2006.

Hurt (originally by Nine Inch Nails). Grant played this on the Dermot O'Leary show on Radio 2 in
June 2008.

Public Image (originally by PIL) for a limited edition double CD to celebrate the launch
of Independents Day (a new initiative to raise awareness of the importance and success of
independent music). The CD was only available July 4th - 7th 2008.

Grant also featured with Ian Dury's backing band The Blockheads" as a vocalist on the song
"Blockheads" on the Ian Dury tribute album called Brand New Boots And Panties.

In a webchat, Grant answered a question about covering Monkey Wrench... "No, it's a song called
'Everlong'. We do occasionally soundcheck cover versions. But I think you're talking about
'Everlong', it's always a good song to play in soundchecks. Apparantly Dave Grohl soundchecks
'My Perfect Day' now! I'll probably leave playing it live to the Foo Fighters, although you never
know, one day we might."

On the mini tour in May 2008 Grant often started singing All My Life by the Foo Fighters during
Lost And Found.

Have they done any exclusive/acoustic versions for radio?

Yes, quite a few ... they've done versions of Buck Rogers, Piece By Piece,
Child In Your, Feeling A Moment, The Power Of Love, Come Back Around (to name
but a few!) acoustically on radio. They have also done a few radio sessions
as a live band.

Have they done any instrumental versions?

Yes, instrumental versions of Chicken On A Bone, Tangerine and Shade appeared on the computer game
Gran Turismo, although these have yet to see a proper release on CD.

A completely instrumental version of the Comfort In Sound album, with an instrumental version of
Bullet as a bonus track was issued to TV & Radio.

A completely instrumental version of the Pushing The Senses album has also
been released. It contains instrumental versions of Shatter, I For You, Victoria,
Bruised and Murmur too.

Who writes the songs?

Grant writes all the songs.

Contrary to popular belief / misunderstanding ... Gordon Matthew Sumner didn't write track 5 on
Comfort In Sound ... he is otherwise known as Sting and did indeed write Can't Stand Losing You,
which features on the bonus DVD with this album!

Who produced the songs?

Have a look at individual credits - they're too numerous to mention! But generally...Swim and
Polythene were produced by Chris Sheldon, Yesterday Went Too Soon by Feeder, Echo Park by Gil Norton and Feeder,
Comfort In Sound and Pushing The Senses by Grant Nicholas and Gil Norton. Two of the new songs on
The Singles (Burn The Bridges and Save Us) were produced by Stephen Street and Grant. Lost And Found
was produced by Grant and Matt Sime. Silent Cry was produced by Grant.

Matt Sime has recorded/engineered/mixed a lot lot of the material, which along with his live input
makes him a key member of Feeder. Andy Wallace, Adrian Bushby and Steve Power amongst others have all
been involved too. Grant and Jon were also studio engineers, so have had a large input. It's said
that Grant always asks for distortion on his voice as he doesn't like it, but I think Matt Sime has
more sense, because it's very rarely left in!

What computer games have they featured on?

Gran Turismo 3 (2001)
Just A Day - GT3 version, Title Track
Buck Rogers - Full Version
Seven Days In The Sun - Full Version

Gran Turismo Concept (2002)Buck Rogers - Full Version
Just A Day - GT3 Version
Seven Days In The Sun - Full Version

Gran Turismo 4 (2004)
Shatter

Omega Boost (1999)
Shade

World Rally Championship (2001)
Hole In My Head - Full Version

Super Trucks (2002)
Bug - Edit

Freestyle Street Soccer (Urban Freestyle Soccer in the UK) (2004)Come Back Around - Full Version

What films have they featured in?

Can't Hardly Wait (1998) - High

Behind Enemy Lines (2001) - Buck Rogers

American Wedding (2003) - Come Back Around

Millions (2004) - Tumble And Fall

Night Watch (2004) - Shatter & Tender

Feeder's music has been used extensively on TV soundtracks,
in particular Channel 4's Teachers.

Wasn't Come Back Around a b-side on the Turn single?

Yes. There are two songs named Come Back Around - the first coming from a Turn b-side,
the second being the first single from Comfort In Sound. Although they have the same name,
they are completely different songs!

What's this song Nurofen?

The song Under The Weather was originally entitled Nurofen, but the name had
to be changed for copyright reasons.

What's this song Circles?

The song on this set list, called Circles is not the same as the Find The Colour
b-side ... it is in fact the original title for the song Can't Dance To Disco.

What are these songs Why and Vanilla?

I can only guess that these (seen on this set list) are early songs which either
had their names changed or have so far, not made it onto a Feeder record!

What's this song Teddy Bear?

Teddy Bear was the provisional and perhaps a little jokey title for Spill.

Why is Feeling A Moment sometimes called (Over) Feeling A Moment?

This is basically down to daft eBay sellers! On the Feeling A Moment picture disc it says (Over)
Feeling A Moment on Side A, meaning of course that Feeling A Moment is on the other side.

Where can I hear Blemish?

Ahh, the long-fabled Blemish! The simple answer is that at the moment, it's
un-released. There are apparently two versions, with different takes on the
chorus.

Have they got any other unreleased tracks?

There are rumours about quite a few. Apart from Vanilla, Why and Blemish, the following songs
names have all been mentioned:

All In All

Walk

Ascend

Before We Find Out

Crystal

Late

Step By Step

Are there any other working titles for releases?

Yes. Polythene was originally called Here In The Bubble. Yesterday Went Too Soon (the album) was originally called
Life In Headphones. Silent Cry confusingly had working titles of both Feeder Six and Seven.

What's the story behind there being two videos for Piece By Piece?

Piece By Piece was a single in Europe (excluding the UK) only. London Guildhall
students made an animated video for the release. The video contained an animated
Feeder performing in a New York skyscraper. However, as the video contained
images of aeroplanes flying amongst the buildings, and Feeder jumping out of
the skyscraper and, following the events of 9/11, it was deemed inappropriate.
This video was featured on the single, but an amended version (containing clips
from the promo video for Suffocate) appeared on the Just A Day single.

Where can I buy Feeder posters?

Where can I get/buy Feeder ringtones?

Feederweb sometimes offer ringtones and wallpapers around the release date of the latest single too.

Who is Matt Page?

Matt Page - from Riot Management - is Feeder's manager.

Who is Ben Johncock?

Ben Johncock is a writer and long-time friend of the band. He used to work for Echo and Riot and
wrote the sleevenotes for The Singles DVD. He also helped to write the Comfort In Sound tab book.

What charities do Feeder support?

Feeder have long supported War
Child. In 2002 they recorded a cover of the Frankie Goes To Hollywood song
The Power Of Love for a War Child compilation entitled 1 Love.

In January 2006 War
Child auctioned a series of US Army helmets painted/adorned
by various artists. One of these was painted by Grant.

In June 2006, Feeder accompanied War
Child on a trip to visit the charity's programmes of work in Democratic
Republic of Congo. The band travelled to Gbadolite to spend some time with a
group of ex-child soldiers War
Child is helping set up small businesses and hopefully aid their reintegration
back into Gbado society. They also visited one of the charity's centres for
street children in the country's capital Kinshasa.

Following their trip to the DRC, the band donated two exclusive versions of
Save Us for download from War
Child Music. Fans who downloaded the tracks also received a download of
a mini-documentary of the band's visit for free. A photo gallery of the trip
can be seen here
- the soundtrack is Save Us (Landscapes Mix), one of the exclusive versions
of Save Us given to War Child.

In November 2006 Feeder played three London gigs in association with War
Child. All profits from ticket sales, plus those from the sales of War
Child / Feeder t-shirts and dog tags went to the charity.

Feeder's only gig of 2004 at the Hammersmith Apollo, London was part of Carling
Live 24. Profits from exclusive t-shirts available only at the gig went to WarChild
and Cystic
Fibrosis Trust. There were also WarChild representatives with donation buckets
on the doors. Two nights before the gig Feeder opened the Cystic
Fibrosis Trust Breathing Life Awards with Just The Way I'm Feeling.

In 2005 Feeder also recorded a cover of REM's Everybody Hurts for Your
War Is Not With Me - a War Child film about the long term effects of war
on children in Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia. The track was available for download
from War
Child Music.

Feeder also have an ongoing involvement with Oxfam and in particular their
Make Poverty History campaign. In July 2005 Feeder played at Edinburgh 50,000
- The Final Push, which was part of a series of Live 8 concerts held around
the world in support of the Make Poverty History campaign. Grant sang on Band Aid 20, released at the end of 2004.

Towards the end of 2005 Oxfam were invited to accompany Feeder on their winter
tour (continued in spring 2006 after Grant lost his voice), with information
stands and videos played in the intervals at each gig. The main focus was the
Make Trade Fair campaign - they were collecting signatures for trade justice,
leading up to a WTO meeting in Hong Kong. They also celebrated World Aids Day
at the Cardiff gig, with a three metre square ribbon signed by the band (and
later any fans who wished to).

At several gigs in 2003 there were Shelter information stands and a picture
was released of Grant holding a sign saying he supported Shelter.